Authors :
GEBI T. YACHISO; A.K. CHAUBEY
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 11 - November
Google Scholar :
http://bitly.ws/9nMw
Scribd :
https://bit.ly/3hyVO7K
Abstract :
- The current investigation aims to survey levels
of natural radioactivity in soil samples gathered from
farming and floriculture area to assess environmental
radioactivity and radiological wellbeing risk using sodium
iodide NaI(TI) gamma-ray spectrometry in Adami Tullu,
Shoa, Ethiopia. The outcomes were contrasted and one
another and with worldwide standard soil samples. The
mean radionuclide concentrations (238U, 232Th, and 40K) in
the farming soil samples were 31.39 ± 0.02, 9.43 ± 0.02,
and 49.5 ± 0.06 Bqkg/1, and in the floriculture soil
samples were 80.69 ± 0.056, 12.9 ± 0.016, and 28.79 ±
0.078 Bqkg/1. The annual effective dose in the farming
and floriculture land was lower than the world's methods
approval. The absorbed dose rate noticeable all-around at
one meter over the ground was gone between 10.4 to
45.5nGyh-1, with a mean of 21.4nGyh/1 in the farming
soil samples while it went from 5.87 to 63.67 nGyh/1 with
a mean estimation of 43.69 nGyh/1 in the floriculture soil
samples. The estimation of the external and internal
hazard index was gone from 0.065 to 0.52, with a mean of
0.22 and 0.036 to 0.725, with a mean of 0.42 individually.
This worth is underneath as far as possible. Accordingly,
the investigation region is safe for nearby local
community health.
Keywords :
Agricultural Soil, Floriculture Soil, Gamma-Ray Spectrometry, Radioactivity
- The current investigation aims to survey levels
of natural radioactivity in soil samples gathered from
farming and floriculture area to assess environmental
radioactivity and radiological wellbeing risk using sodium
iodide NaI(TI) gamma-ray spectrometry in Adami Tullu,
Shoa, Ethiopia. The outcomes were contrasted and one
another and with worldwide standard soil samples. The
mean radionuclide concentrations (238U, 232Th, and 40K) in
the farming soil samples were 31.39 ± 0.02, 9.43 ± 0.02,
and 49.5 ± 0.06 Bqkg/1, and in the floriculture soil
samples were 80.69 ± 0.056, 12.9 ± 0.016, and 28.79 ±
0.078 Bqkg/1. The annual effective dose in the farming
and floriculture land was lower than the world's methods
approval. The absorbed dose rate noticeable all-around at
one meter over the ground was gone between 10.4 to
45.5nGyh-1, with a mean of 21.4nGyh/1 in the farming
soil samples while it went from 5.87 to 63.67 nGyh/1 with
a mean estimation of 43.69 nGyh/1 in the floriculture soil
samples. The estimation of the external and internal
hazard index was gone from 0.065 to 0.52, with a mean of
0.22 and 0.036 to 0.725, with a mean of 0.42 individually.
This worth is underneath as far as possible. Accordingly,
the investigation region is safe for nearby local
community health.
Keywords :
Agricultural Soil, Floriculture Soil, Gamma-Ray Spectrometry, Radioactivity
